Theater and traditional dance 30 Dec 2016

The Global Culture Nasu group came to Austria to performance a part of the HEIKE MONOGATARI. They were all women, and with impressive gestures and music, I was amazed. With grace and elegance, I could understand everything that it was happening.

I really like the japanese traditional dance and theater, specially one-character plays and it always surprises me how a character develops through dance and movements, connected permanently with music.

A staging that I will keep in my mind forever is the one of the Fuji Musume by Bandō Tamasaburō. That presence, those colours..

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Clothes in dance and theater are something very special. I like a lot the kimonos that are divided, with different colours on each side. They are intriguing but beautiful. Here I show you one from Ichiroya, perfect example of this unique style.

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(The image below is the performance of Utagawa Kunisada in 1826)
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